Understanding the Territorial Scope of India's DPDP Act and the EU's GDPR
Data protection laws have been evolving quickly, especially with India's recent Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, passed in 2023. Many are comparing it to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), particularly in terms of how far these laws reach. Vaneesa Agrawal, a prominent business lawyer specializing in data protection, notes that the territorial scope of these laws is a crucial aspect that organizations need to understand.